Stepdad who took ‘agitated’ 9-year-old’s cellphone away for playing Fortnite shoots his adult stepson dead for coming to the child’s defense: Police

A antheral has been charged with shooting and sidesplitting his big stepson aft what constabulary called a home combat implicit the fashionable video game Fortnite.

Kelly Garcia, 43, and his wife, Adriane Daza, 48, were successful their location successful Davenport, Florida, connected Wednesday evening with Daza’s son, Azareel Martinez, 26, and her 2 insignificant children, ages 9 and 11, respectively.

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According to Davenport police, the 9-year-old lad was recovered playing Fortnite, a crippled which his parents had forbidden him from playing. Upon being disciplined and having his cellphone taken away, the 9-year-old is said to person grabbed a Smith & Wesson 9 mm handgun from a nightstand drawer successful his parents’ bedroom.

Garcia was capable to drawback the weapon from the boy, police said, but astatine this time, Martinez entered the room, saw the lad successful an “agitated” state, and began speaking retired against his stepfather. Garcia is accused of past shooting Martinez respective times successful the thorax and stomach.

As Martinez retreated, Garcia changeable him doubly much successful the back, constabulary said, forcing Martinez to illness to the ground. He was brought to a section infirmary wherever helium died.

Police arrived astatine the home, located successful the Citrus Landing community, astatine astir 7:10 p.m. connected Wednesday, and the Polk County Sheriff’s Office assisted successful the forensics probe of what instrumentality enforcement called an “extensive” transgression scene. Garcia has been charged with second-degree execution and the unlawful retention of a firearm accessible to a minor. He was being held successful the Polk County jailhouse arsenic of Thursday morning.

Davenport is simply a metropolis successful Polk County, located astir 30 miles southwest of Orlando.

The maximum condemnation for a second-degree execution condemnation is beingness successful prison.

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